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Welcome The Geophysical Society of Pittsburgh is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the science of geophysics in the Appalachian Basin. We are an official section of the Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG). Bi-monthly meetings are generally held from September to May on the first Tuesday of each month at various locations around the Greater Pittsburgh area. However, be sure to check the event calendar as exceptions to this rule occur often. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.
| September Meeting How landing zone, well sequencing, cluster design, and proppant intensity can impact fracture performance in the Marcellus Shale Formation Presented by: Christian Evan Nieves - Christian E. Nieves is a senior business development engineer for Seismos Abstract: Poor perforation efficiency and excessively high treating pressures arise from subsurface problems that lead to increased pumping costs and cluster over capitalization in the range of $400k/well upfront. This is before taking into account the lost reserves which can be worth in the range of $1 MM+ per well in lost NPV due to poor cluster efficiency based on empirical findings. Historically, most technologies that offer a way to evaluate these issues have been either highly invasive and expensive, or unreliable which is why in 2022, Seismos, in partnership with Hess, went about building a new acoustic based alternative that only requires high-rate sensors located at the wellhead. The presentation will focus on the deployment of this technology in conjunction with measurements of near-field connectivity within the Marcellus to study the impacts of landing zone, well sequencing, cluster design, and proppant intensity on fracture performance. Christian E. Nieves is a business development engineer for Seismos with over five years of combined experience in completions engineering & business development. He currently works with operators across North America to provide non-invasive, real-time acoustic monitoring technology for stimulation optimization. Prior to Seismos, he worked at NexTierOFS in fields across West Texas and North Dakota within their wireline division. Christian holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University. GSP Election - Vote Now! On behalf of the Geophysical Society of Pittsburgh (GSP), thank you for your continued help, support and dedication to the GSP! We are looking forward to an exciting 2024-2025 and it is once again time for the GSP election. After much careful communication, deliberation, and thought, the list of candidates and their professional descriptions can be found as shown below: Scott Gorham, President, description at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-gorham-9556a129/ Jianli Yang, Vice President, description at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jianli-yang-81152914/ Joel Starr, Treasurer, description at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-starr-27788ab7/ William Harbert, Secretary, description at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-harbert-8918841a/ Please visit the link below and cast your online ballot. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WYWFPK3 Votes will be tabulated on August 23, 2024. 5th Annual Appalachian Basin Geophysical Symposium & ABGS Golf Outing The GSP recently successfully hosted the 5th Annual Appalachian Basin Geophysical Symposium (ABGS) in Canonsburg, PA. Over 50 attendees were able to network and listen to innovative talks on seismic interpretation, modeling, machine learning and well based applications relevant to the Appalachian Basin. All driven by the success of the largest natural gas producing basin in the country. The keynote speaker, past SEG President Dr. Peter Duncan, presented an intriguing discussion on applications of microseismic monitoring in various fields beyond oil and gas including civil engineering, CCS and EGS. The 12th Annual GSP Golf Open was held the following day as 40 golfers honed their games on a beautiful spring day in Pittsburgh. The meeting and golf outing were generously supported by 18 industry sponsors. The GSP Board looks forward to hosting the 6th Annual ABGS + 13th Annual GSP Golf Open in 2025 and encourages you to add the dates June 4-5th to your calendar.
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